“Why do we need to wait for bad things to happen to someone before we even bother to acknowledge that they exist?” asks Florida Shliach Rabbi Avrohom Brashevitzky in this striking op-ed. “Are we worth more dead than alive?”

Did WhatsApp go down for you on Thursday afternoon? You aren’t alone. The Facebook-owned messaging service is experiencing a major global outage, which led to difficulties in accessing the app and sending messages to friends.

A 15-year-old girl is lucky to be alive after a bullet meant for someone else tore a hole in her coat, leaving her shaken but unhurt. The incident occured on Shabbos afternoon in front of Congregation Ahavas Moshe, also known as the Maple Street Shul.